Fox host, Charles Payne, left, the host of ‘Making Money,’ is accused of rape by former Fox contributor Scottie Nell Hughes. Hughes filed a lawsuit Monday against 21st Century Fox and Fox News Channel, also contending she was blacklisted after she reported the rape.

Hughes contends she participated in a coerced sexual relationship with Payne in exchange for an increase in paid television appearances. Later, she said, she was blacklisted from other jobs and was told it was because of an “affair” she had had “with someone at Fox.”